A piezohydraulic generator for vibration energy harvesting

作者:Wang Shuyun; Liu Dianlong; Kan Junwu*; Zhang Zhonghua; Yu Li; Xu Hailong
来源:International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 2014, 46(4): 905-916.
DOI:10.3233/JAE-140098

摘要

To improve energy generating capability and reliability/strength, a novel piezohydraulic generator for low frequency vibration was presented. The piezohydraulic generator consisted mainly of a double-rod hydraulic cylinder for conversion of vibration energy to fluid energy and piezodiscs for conversion of the fluidic energy to electric energy. A vibration function and energy-conversion model of the generator was established based on theory of vibration analysis and simulated to obtain the influence of backpressure on energy generation as well as optimal frequency. The analysis results show that both the energy generation and optimal frequency increases with the rising of backpressure under given other parameters. A piezohydraulic harvester was fabricated and tested at different backpressure. Both the optimal frequency and the relative peak voltage/power increase with the rising of backpressure. At 0.2 MPa and 0.8 MPa, the peak-voltage and the relative optimal-frequency are 9 V/11 Hz and 112 V/17.5 Hz respectively. Similarly, the peak-power and the relative optimal-frequency are 0.58 mW/13 Hz and 11.63 mW/17 Hz respectively. The research results indicate that a piezohydraulic generator can be used to harvest energy from a low-frequency and high-level vibration source.